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filly

noun

  1. young female horse
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪli/

noun

Etymology: From Old Norse fylja (whence Danish føl), related to foal. Cognate with Dutch veulen, German Fohlen.

  1. A young female horse.
  2. A young, attractive woman.

    Hey, Homer, get a load of the gams on that filly!

    Betty Lou began to think of Bobby Jo. That feisty filly still brought up sexual connotations, even though the two had been going together for almost three weeks now.